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Rep. Haley Stevens endorses Republican Mike Rogers for Michigan Senate

politicsNov 1, 202613310,574

Congresswoman Haley Stevens, who lost the Michigan Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed, endorsed Republican nominee Mike Rogers in a video after attending an event with Rogers at Perfecting Church in Detroit two days before the Michigan Senate vote. The endorsement capped an escalating feud between Stevens and El-Sayed largely over support for Israel and arrived on the eve of a tightly contested race. Michigan Democratic Party chair Curtis Hertel condemned Stevens, saying she had abandoned her stated priorities and urging Democrats to reject attempts to divide the party. Neera Tanden called the move “a betrayal of everything Haley Stevens has fought for,” and several senior members of Stevens’s team resigned, including her longtime chief of staff Justin German and communications director Logan Basch, according to CNN correspondent Manu Raju. German then released a statement from Stevens’s former campaign team endorsing El-Sayed. Abdul El-Sayed dismissed Stevens’s role in his campaign at a press conference, focusing instead on policy and warning against support for Rogers, while former President Donald Trump praised Stevens’s decision in a public message.

Christopher Webb
@cwebbonline.com

Haley Stevens says she’s standing with country and she can’t stand with hate. Standing next to Mike Rogers, who has run one of the most bigoted campaigns I’ve ever seen. Let’s examine that. 🧵

12223h ago
MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

A member of Perfecting Church in Detroit is FURIOUS after Mike Rogers appeared alongside Haley Stevens. “It’s UNCONSCIONABLE! This is CRAZY!” He says he confronted Stevens after the service: “I’m completely disappointed in you.” Her response? “I’m sorry.” Via @jollygoodginger.bsky.social

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Kevin M. Kruse1101

I'm amazed when white politicians in either party try a lazy con on African American voters, who are generally much more tuned in to the actual issues, much more aware of the real stakes than other constituencies and much more likely to overcome obstacles to vote to make assholes resent it

TofuNYG 🏈🏳️‍🌈🗽🇺🇦 🚫👑🖕🧊8

She's so all over the place, there is probably a 25 percent chance she will take back her endorsement of Rogers by tomorrow.

Sandhya Dirks6

Brian talks about how Rogers helped siphon off funds for public schools in Detroit, leading to the closure of majority Black schools and the erosion of local control, while charter schools took over. El-Sayed mentioned this exact policy action in his presser just now. Politics is local.

merriam 🇰🇳4

Haley Stevens & these "liberal" Islamophobic Dems have used both Black Michiganders and Jewish Michiganders. Used them on orders from a PAC. In the end they have accomplished nothing but made fools of themselves. This is fucking pathetic. I hope BOTH communities don't forget. FUCK these people

Stephanie4

Don’t forget the very important statement from the pastor of the church that they attended this morning! bsky.app/profile/meid...

PeriwinkleRose 💙🇺🇦3

And the Black Church had no idea this would happen to them this morning! bsky.app/profile/meid...

Young Brolic2

She is a traitor to black people and her political career is over. Everyone in the Democratic Party needs to turn their backs on her immediately and forever.

COOLJEN2

THESE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO BE OUTRAGED AND CONFRONT THE SOURCE PEACEFULLY...

Prem Thakker ツ
@premthakker.bsky.social

NEW — The Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party says: “Congresswoman Stevens is not a current member of the Michigan Democratic Party, nor will she be in the future.”

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Preeti Chhibber304

i cannot believe haley stevens screwed herself so royally that she has the democrats coming out and enacting consequences for a centrist lkasdnf;alksdfja;sdfk

Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈222

Oh so Democrats CAN kick out members who turn on a minority. Interesting.

transsexual anarchy CEO 🔆🥦21

i don't ever want to hear liberals say "vote blue no matter who" ever again. we know exactly who you are and who you've always been. haley stevens is a fucking loser.

🇲🇽🕷️rustbelt rebel🕷️🇲🇽14

It sounds to me like literally everybody hated this woman with a burning passion. I’ve never seen national Ds react to this sort of thing in this way in my life. And I’m from the Lieberman generation.

Danny Lore11

its interesting how she was the establishment dems candidate, and this is how it falls out either they weren't discerning enough, or this is who they want to work with, and they're reacting now because they are in the public eye

Pumpkin spice Starbucks union5

Will the GOP take her and do yall think she’ll do well there because they do actually love come to Jesus cases

Lucy Promise5

oh, so she’s going to be a fox news contributor soon

Bob Chipman ("MovieBob")5

Yeah see the whole "ESTABLISHMENT DEMS ARE LOSING ON PURPOSE!!!!" thing when the *literal* establishment is kicking Stevens out while everyone from Obama to Clyburn lines up behind AES. Your own (justified!) dislike of Chuck Schumer =/= "The Democrats" bsky.app/profile/prem...

Lawrence Allan4

Imagine being this petty and childish and thinking you still have a political future. I guess it's Fox news analyst for her.

Steve M.3

Well, it's clear she was already planning to go on Fox and whine that she didn't leave the Democrat Party, the Democrat Party left her. So this just makes it official.

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action
@bendthearc.bsky.social

"Haley Stevens does not speak for Michigan’s Jewish community. Mike Rogers is running a script we’ve seen many times before: claiming to stand for Jewish safety while trafficking with antisemites and perpetuating bigotry against all minorities" Read a statement from Michigan Jews for Democracy). ⬇️

STATEMENT: Haley Stevens does not speak for Michigan’s Jewish community. 

Michigan Jews for Democracy rejects Rep. Haley Stevens’ attempt to divide our community by endorsing Mike Rogers two days before the election.

Mike Rogers is running a script we’ve seen many times before: claiming to stand for Jewish safety while trafficking with antisemites and perpetuating bigotry against all minorities. Now Stevens has joined him in cynically using our community’s real concerns for their own political gain.

Michigan Jews for Democracy is a coalition of 1,000 Jewish Voters, all of whom have publicly committed to voting for Dr. Abdul El-Sayed. This coalition is diverse in perspectives, but we agree on this: the stakes are too high to elect Mike Rogers. He would rubber-stamp Trump’s anti-democracy agenda and join with Trump in attacking the most vulnerable among us.

Our coalition refuses to be distracted, and we refuse to despair. Hundreds of us are knocking doors and calling voters right now. We will keep talking to voters until the minute the polls close.

We know all of our communities are safest when our democracy is strongest. Mike Rogers as a Senator would be a direct threat to American democracy. As a Senator, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed would be a bulwark for democracy and for our community’s safety.
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